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Kevin Durant and James Harden didn’t acknowledge each other in warmups. Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid didn’t either.
Give me seven games, please.
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Seth Curry and Andre Drummond not being able to play tonight because James Harden hasn’t shown up to Philly yet is a weird rule
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Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, and James Harden have now all requested trades from the Brooklyn Nets in the past 13 months.
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Woj says that Kevin Durant, James Harden, Joe Tsai and Sean Marks will all be involved in deciding whether or not Kyrie Irving can be a part-time player this season.
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Kyrie — and every other anti-vax NBA player — needs to get vaccinated. This isn’t complicated.
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Seth Curry just walked THROUGH the Sixers bench.
I was told pregame that he was devastated by the trade 🤷♂️
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Kyrie Irving speaks on the coaching situation: "I don't really see us having a "head" coach. KD could be a head coach, I could be a head coach (some days)."
KD adds: "Jacque Vaughn could be a head coach could do it one day. It's a collaborative effort."
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Paul George: I was really struggling with mental health
NBA players: let’s keep hating on Paul George
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Seth Curry wearing a shirt that says “Better Days” in his return to Philadelphia is kinda savage
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Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, and Ben Simmons will all play in the Nets’ preseason opener tomorrow. Yay.
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Jacque Vaughn doesn’t deserve this. He’s done everything right since taking the lead role in Brooklyn.
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It’s just so weird that neither Irving or Durant were in the locker room for this moment. What a weird team.
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Seth Curry has matched James Harden’s scoring against the Sacramento Kings.
We’re four minutes in.
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Kyrie Irving will now be available for all 10 of Brooklyn's final 10 games of the season.
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This team is adding Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Joe Harris, and LaMarcus Aldridge?
Yikes.
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Every Philly leak is like: “The Sixers are aggressively pursuing James Harden, sources say, but refuse to trade a single asset and expect Brooklyn to hand him over for free.”
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James Harden on Nic Claxton: "He reminds me of Clint [Capela] but with more skill offensively.”
James gets it.
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Woj: “I think it’s likely that not only Kevin Durant — but also Kyrie Irving — has played his last game with Brooklyn.”
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New York baseball players receiving exceptions and Kyrie Irving not wouldn’t even surprise me at this point
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I really don't want to live in a world where the New York Knicks win an NBA championship. Please, Tyrese Halliburton, do what is right.
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There are eight fans sitting courtside at the Nets game next to Indiana’s bench.
They are all wearing shirts that say “fight anti-Semtism.”
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Eric Adams has announced the exemption. Kyrie Irving is officially available to play home games at Barclays Center.
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From @politicony: "Kyrie Irving and other unvaccinated athletes will be allowed to play professional sports in New York City under a major policy change Mayor Eric Adams is poised to announce Thursday, sources familiar with the matter confirmed."
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The Nets have anticipated Harden’s foul baiting and are getting transition opportunities because of it… hilarious.
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This is not an issue of Kyrie being injury prone, or the Nets not being able to keep him healthy. Giannis undercut him.
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Not unlikely that Kyrie Irving has played his last game as a Net. Not sure how much trade value he will garner. Udoka seems to be on hold as well.
Might be time to re-visit moving Durant, recouping value, and moving forward.
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Woj: “[Kevin Durant] wanted to get Kyrie Irving a long-term deal in Brooklyn. That didn’t happen.”
He says that after Kyrie Irving couldn’t find a S+T, communication stopped.
Plus, the Nets have been preparing for this for weeks and have already had conversations about this.
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Woj: “It wasn't lost on teammates that Harden continued his late-night social habits, especially on the Nets'
last Western Conference trip this month.”
“For a player purporting to have a
hand and hamstring injury, this wasn't inspiring confidence within a team in freefall.”
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Kyrie on why KD's absence is different this year: "Well I'm consistently in the lineup, that helps. We also don't have anyone who is halfway in in the locker room."
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If the Nets get Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Mattisse Thybulle, and a first round pick for James Harden…
that’s pretty damn good.
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Just a reminder that if KD’s feet were a little smaller Budenholzer would not currently be a head coach
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I think Andre Drummond is the best defensive interior presence the Nets have had since I started following the team (around 2014)
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Most of all, I feel bad for Nets fans. It’s not the biggest fanbase, but there are still a lot of diehards.
It felt like they cared more than the team did tonight.
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Context: Woj reported that Harden spent the trade deadline in Houston. He was prematurely ruled out of tonight's Sixers-Cavs games and the Nets players are still waiting for physicals to pass, though clearly not theirs.
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Between LaMarcus Aldridge last year and now Goran Dragic, the Nets have been a force in the buyout market.
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Did Nic Claxton outplay Joel Embiid tonight?
NC: 25 pts, 11 reb, 2 ast, 2 blk, 11/12 FG, -2
JE: 26 pts, 10 reb, 3 ast, 0 blk, 6/18 FG, -1
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House Of Highlights shared the Half Court Hoops Ty Lue breakdown on Instagram, and here’s the response in the comment section.
I just don’t believe that mainstream basketball analysis content won’t be well-received.
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Kevin Durant postgame, as he gets serenaded with MVP chants in Philly: “There are more Nets fans in here than anything.”
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Kyrie Irving is officially available for tonight's game against the Hornets. He will make his home debut this season.
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I’ve believed it all year, and today’s comments from Adam Silver have only made me more confident —- Kyrie Irving will be playing home games at some point this season.
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Via @Alex__Schiffer: "A source with knowledge of Harden’s thinking said he’s frustrated in general with his Nets tenure. He came to Brooklyn expecting to be part of a three-headed monster yet has played a similar role to what was required of him in Houston: having to be the guy."
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In Brooklyn's most recent injury report, Ben Simmons is listed as out with "return to competition reconditioning."
He is no longer "not with team."
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KD on Simmons: “Incredible. Just happy for him, because he’s been trying to figure his rhythm out. Tonight, I think he did a good job of ... commanding the offense, commanding the team on the defensive side of the ball. He controlled the game and was able to get us back into it.”
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Kyrie Irving waved goodbye to Knicks fans after that Mills dagger.
His first game in MSG as a Net.
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From @WindhorstESPN: “sources across the league said Monday there absolutely is a chance of a James Harden-Ben Simmons trade happening before 3 p.m. ET Thursday.”
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James Harden has a pretty solid case for being one of the most underrated players in the NBA
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Kyrie Irving last night, in part: "I wanted to finish out the season with Brooklyn, finish out that season we had going and I didn't get a chance to do that."
As a reminder: Irving's representation requested a trade, blindsiding everyone. He would not play until he got moved.
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Washington is dropping their vaccine mandate. Ontario (Toronto) is discontinuing their passport program.
The trends are in Kyrie Irving’s favor.
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From this morning: Kevin Durant replies to a Nets fan on Twitter, then deletes the message.
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The Nets will now have made a postseason appearance seven times in their ten seasons since moving to Brooklyn. An underrated run.
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Not really sure I get why we’re celebrating Kyrie Irving (proudly) not wanting to get vaccinated
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According to Jacque Vaughn’s comments at practice today, the Nets are set to have a completely empty injury report for tomorrow’s game against Golden State.
The first such instance since Irving and Durant signed with the team in 2019.
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Well, that was quite the press conference. I wouldn’t be surprised if Kyrie is done with the Nets or maybe even the league.
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Since Kevin Durant's return to the lineup on 3/3, the Nets rank first in offense (125.7) and sixth in point differential (+9.4).
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From @KevinOConnorNBA: “Sources say Maxey is totally off the table.”
“I’m told someone like Danny Green is more likely to be included than one of Philly’s young players. Curry is an integral part of the Sixers’ offense, and without Thybulle they’d lack a perimeter stopper.”
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Seth Curry will play tomorrow. And even if Dragic doesn’t, he’d be ready by Game 1. It’s starting to sound like Simmons will be back soon too. Things looking up.
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He adds that “a lot is riding” on both Kyrie Irving’s short and long-term future in Brooklyn.
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Via the @BKGlueGuys, @ShamsCharania confirms Kyrie will not be offered an extension:
“He was willing to sacrifice, at the end of the day, 16 million dollars in salary this upcoming year and 186 million dollars, as far as an extension, that he will not be offered now.”
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The Phoenix Suns do not own a single draft pick until next decade. It’s 2023.
That. Is. Insane.
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Kevin Durant wanted James Harden off the Nets partly because of his passivity and lack of agression scoring the ball.
In his final game of the year, Harden scored 11 points on 8 shot attempts.
He didn’t make a field goal in the second half or attempt a two-pointer.
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